#9FDAEF#9FDAEF

#9FDAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.067 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FDAEF
RGB	rgb(159, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(196, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -13.79, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 21.35, 229.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0496 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.067 222)
XYZ	xyz(54.9444, 63.7427, 91.0531)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FDAEF #EFB49F

analogous

#9FEFDC #9FDAEF #9FB2EF

triadic

#9FDAEF #EF9FDA #DAEF9F

tetradic

#9FDAEF #DC9FEF #EFB49F #B2EF9F

square

#9FDAEF #DC9FEF #EFB49F #B2EF9F

split-complementary

#9FDAEF #EF9FB2 #EFDC9F

monochromatic

#36B2DE #6BC6E6 #9FDAEF #D3EEF8 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#9FDAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#9FDAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FDAEF

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FDAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FDAEF	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83E1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fdaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.067 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bee5f4',
    500: '#9fdaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fdaef;
$custom-light: #bee5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fdaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85521,
    "c": 0.06677,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.63746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FDAEF

secondary

#CC8166

accent

#4512D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FDAEF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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